Description

NZ 11 SW WYCLIFFE WITH THORPE WEST MIDDLETON

7/194 West Middleton Farmhouse

GV II

House. Late C17 probably incorporating earlier fabric; rear wing extended in C18; roof renewed and eaves level raised in 1952. Rubble with cut dressings; C20 red tile roof with some stacks rebuilt in brick; stone slates on single- storey part. Main part of house double-span.

3 storeys, 5 bays. Rusticated quoins. Central C20 glazed door in architrave with broken pediment. Single ground-floor window between traces of blocked openings on left, and 2 windows on right. 1st floor central keyed oval panel with 2 windows on each side; all windows of lower floors are 16-pane casements in architraves. 2nd floor has central 6-pane casement between 12-pane casements; jambs and slightly-projecting sills re-set when wall heightened in 1952. Coped gables on moulded kneelers; end stacks rebuilt on old bases. Set back to right a single-storey bay with boarded door and small chamfered window.

Left return shows C20 porch on left; 12-pane casement and 4-pane sash above; 2 small stone-surround windows, one blocked. 2 similar small windows on right return. Rear elevation in 2 sections: earlier right part shows chamfered ground-floor window, 16-pane sash and 12-pane Yorkshire sash in former 2-light mullioned stair window. C18 left part shows 3 stone-surround windows and 12-pane Yorkshire sash. Stepped-and-corniced end stacks to rear span.

Interior: Inside C20 porch is stone-surround doorway. Older blocked door on right re-using earlier lintel with triple pointed arches under panel with date H? 163(?) and initials I A, partly cut away by later oval overlight. West ground floor room has fireplace, in architrave under moulded cornice, re-set from bedroom above; similar but smaller fireplace in east bedroom. Old chamfered beams. Dog-leg closed-string stair with twist balusters, moulded handrail and square newels with knob finials.

C20 shed to east and C20 west porch are not of interest.

Listing NGR: NZ1295612753

External Links

• Wikidata Q26454907

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